Fall Too Well (Cozy Creek Collection)

Chapter 14

Everly

H e loves me. And he’s always loved me.

I take this in as I stare out the window at the library while I wait for closing time a few days after the speed dating. I’ve always known something was special about Nash. I just didn’t think he felt the same way I did. And here he was, laying it all out after all this time, not even hesitating. He didn’t waver; he just said what he felt. And he’s felt this way all along. It’s like time was robbed from us. He’s always held something back when it comes to me. A block has been between us that I could never break through. Now that I’m back and starting to figure out my stuff, he’s letting me know his intentions. It scares me and excites me at the same time. Part of me wants to run and the other part of me wants to jump in. Nash is the person who was always there when we were growing up. A friend and an ally. As time passed, I fell hard for him, and then I realized somewhere along the way that I couldn’t imagine living my life without him in it in some way. That’s why it was so painful when I didn’t have him or his family in my life. It didn’t go the way I thought it was supposed to go. Deep down, he was always the love of my life. And I thought I’d blown it. But now? Now, everything has changed.